The Scream & Other Dark Stories
By Jerry Sampson
The Scream & Other Dark Stories is fourteen tales where the monster is no longer within.
In the eponymous The Scream, after a mysterious disease has infected the U.S., a journalist is forced into government mandated EMDR therapy to recover lost memories. Abigail Alone sees a woman losing her sense of identity after a betrayal. In Mathias & LEENA, a ghost finds unlikely love with a home computer system. To Everything,Turn introduces the reader to a family with a dark and powerful lineage on the day of the youngest brother’s transformation. A mother’s decision in Black Wings leads her into a pit of darkness that no mind could overcome.
RIYL: Shirley Jackson, Carmen Maria Machado, blood & guts.
“Jerry Sampson’s stories are dark as hell. She burrows deep inside the minds of her characters and reveals them slowly. There is a visual element to her writing that puts you right there with them. You feel their discomfort both emotionally and physically. It’s like having a front row seat to their own personal hell. Her stories don’t end as you hope, they end the way they are supposed to. Jerry is a great story teller and these stories will stick with you, whether you want them to or not.” —Kelley Baker, Author, Angry Filmmaker
By Jerry Sampson
The Scream & Other Dark Stories is fourteen tales where the monster is no longer within.
In the eponymous The Scream, after a mysterious disease has infected the U.S., a journalist is forced into government mandated EMDR therapy to recover lost memories. Abigail Alone sees a woman losing her sense of identity after a betrayal. In Mathias & LEENA, a ghost finds unlikely love with a home computer system. To Everything,Turn introduces the reader to a family with a dark and powerful lineage on the day of the youngest brother’s transformation. A mother’s decision in Black Wings leads her into a pit of darkness that no mind could overcome.
RIYL: Shirley Jackson, Carmen Maria Machado, blood & guts.
“Jerry Sampson’s stories are dark as hell. She burrows deep inside the minds of her characters and reveals them slowly. There is a visual element to her writing that puts you right there with them. You feel their discomfort both emotionally and physically. It’s like having a front row seat to their own personal hell. Her stories don’t end as you hope, they end the way they are supposed to. Jerry is a great story teller and these stories will stick with you, whether you want them to or not.” —Kelley Baker, Author, Angry Filmmaker
By Jerry Sampson
The Scream & Other Dark Stories is fourteen tales where the monster is no longer within.
In the eponymous The Scream, after a mysterious disease has infected the U.S., a journalist is forced into government mandated EMDR therapy to recover lost memories. Abigail Alone sees a woman losing her sense of identity after a betrayal. In Mathias & LEENA, a ghost finds unlikely love with a home computer system. To Everything,Turn introduces the reader to a family with a dark and powerful lineage on the day of the youngest brother’s transformation. A mother’s decision in Black Wings leads her into a pit of darkness that no mind could overcome.
RIYL: Shirley Jackson, Carmen Maria Machado, blood & guts.
“Jerry Sampson’s stories are dark as hell. She burrows deep inside the minds of her characters and reveals them slowly. There is a visual element to her writing that puts you right there with them. You feel their discomfort both emotionally and physically. It’s like having a front row seat to their own personal hell. Her stories don’t end as you hope, they end the way they are supposed to. Jerry is a great story teller and these stories will stick with you, whether you want them to or not.” —Kelley Baker, Author, Angry Filmmaker
Words: Jerry Sampson
Cover & Illustrations: Sean Croghan
Design: Hannah Johnson
Horror. 5.0” x 8.0” trade paperback, 162 pages. Color cover with B&W illustrations
ISBN: 9781733724531
